code: def _get_project(
      client: LightningClient,
      project_id: Optional[str] = None,
      verbose: bool = True,
  ) -> V1Membership:
      """Get a project membership for the user from the backend."""
      if project_id is None:
          project_id = LIGHTNING_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
  
      if project_id is not None:
          project = client.projects_service_get_project(project_id)
          if not project:
              raise ValueError(
                  "Environment variable `LIGHTNING_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID` is set but could not find an associated project."
              )
          return V1Membership(
              name=project.name,
              display_name=project.display_name,
              description=project.description,
              created_at=project.created_at,
              project_id=project.id,
              owner_id=project.owner_id,
              owner_type=project.owner_type,
              quotas=project.quotas,
              updated_at=project.updated_at,
          )
  
      projects = client.projects_service_list_memberships()
      if len(projects.memberships) == 0:
          raise ValueError(
              "No valid projects found. Please reach out to lightning.ai team to create a project"
          )
      if len(projects.memberships) > 1 and verbose:
          print(
              f"Defaulting to the project: {projects.memberships[0].name}"
          )
      return projects.memberships[0]
  
file_path: pytorch-lightning/src/lightning/app/utilities/cloud.py
imports: import os
  from typing import Optional
  from lightning_cloud.openapi import V1Membership
  import lightning.app
  from lightning.app.core.constants import LIGHTNING_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID
  from lightning.app.utilities.enum import AppStage
  from lightning.app.utilities.network import LightningClient
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _get_project(client, project_id, verbose) and returns: projects, V1Membership